City for Conquest

City of Conquest
Directed by	Anatole Litvak Jean Negulesco (uncredited)
Written by	Aben Kandel (novel) John Wexley (screenplay)
Produced by	William Cagney Anatole Litvak Hal B. Wallis (uncredited)
Starring	James Cagney Ann Sheridan Arthur Kennedy Frank Craven Anthony Quinn Elia Kazan
Cinematography	Jeffrey Kimball
Edited by	Brent White
Music by	Max Steiner
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	September 21, 1940
Running time	104 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$13,250,000

City for Conquest is a 1940 boxing-drama movie that is produced by William Cagney, Anatole Litvak and Hal B. Wallis who was uncredited and was directed by Anatole Litvak and Jean Negulesco who was uncredited.

Plot

The movie based on the novel City for Conquest by Aben Kandel and is about truck driver, Danny Kenny (James Cagney), who starts as a New York boxing contender. His girlfriend, Peggy is played by Ann Sheridan. Danny's brother, Eddie wants to become a professional musician and Danny decides to help him. Peggy falls in love with her dancing instructor and Danny proposes to her but she rejects him. Danny gets blinded in a fight with a boxer who put rosin dust on his gloves. Danny works as an operator for a newspaper stand and Peggy is sad when her dreams of a dancer are dashed. Eddie becomes a successful composer and dedicates his first major symphony at Carnegie Hall to Danny and Danny is listening to the concert on the radio from his newsstand.

Cast

• James Cagney as Danny Kenny
• Ann Sheridan as Peggy 'Peg' Nash
• Arthur Kennedy as Eddie Kenny
• Frank Craven as Old Timer
• Anthony Quinn as Murray Burns
• Elia Kazan as Googi Zucco

Ratings

City of Conquest gained positive reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes - 80%
• IMDB - 7.3 out of 10

Other websites

• City of Conquest at Turner Movie Classics Archived 2007-11-14 at the Wayback Machine